Scenario 1 Let’s assume, we have a farmer named Chirag. Chirag booked a spraying service for one acre. Our spraying rate per acre is 10000 cents and we are offering a discount of 10.66 percent. So, he gets the following bill. Spraying Cost Discount Total Final after Rounding off 10000 cents 10.66% 8934 cents 89 $ HeContinue reading “The curious case of rounding”
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Simple Project Idea in Java for Beginners
Problem Statement: Make a console based java application which support CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) operations for e-commerce domain. Application should be able to support following features: Any user should be able to sign up, log in and log out. Admin should be able to add, update and delete products. Logged in user should beContinue reading “Simple Project Idea in Java for Beginners”
A Beginner Tutorial For Elasticsearch – 1
Introduction Elasticsearch is a near-realtime search platform. Near-realtime means that there is a slight latency from the time a document is indexed until the time it becomes searchable. We will start with some terminology related to elasticsearch. Document A document is the basic unit of information that can be indexed. A document is expressed inContinue reading “A Beginner Tutorial For Elasticsearch – 1”
Why should we use explain command?
I used to spend long hours staring at screen and running load test again and again to reduce the latency of that problematic API. Then, doing some small changes here and there and relying more on God than myself for miraculous improvement. Can you connect to this? Voila! I learnt EXPLAIN. I am going to shareContinue reading “Why should we use explain command?”
Optimizing MySQL Performance – An Introduction
What can a badly designed database do? Anyone whose bread and butter comes from database seldom underestimates database performance. But Paulo Cohelo said in veronica decides to die that, People never learn anything by being told, they have to find out for themselves. Echoing the similar sentiments, I was happily having breakfast, lunch and dinner until oneContinue reading “Optimizing MySQL Performance – An Introduction”
Dropwizard : Write Data Into Database Using Hibernate
Please follow the first two part of the tutorial before starting this: Introduction To Dropwizard Read Data From Database Using Dropwizard Modify InfoDao To Persist Data Add a method to persist data This file contains bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file inContinue reading “Dropwizard : Write Data Into Database Using Hibernate”
A Short Introduction To Disk Storage
Introduction In a modern computer system, data resides and it is transported throughout a hierarchy of storage media. The highest speed memory is the most expensive and therefore available with least capacity. The lowest speed memory is offline tape storage which is available in indefinite storage capacity. The storage capacity is measured in bytes, kilobytes,Continue reading “A Short Introduction To Disk Storage”